Sluice gate on the Dortmund Ems canal

Sluice gate on the Dortmund Ems canal

Oblique aerial photograph taken at low altitude of the canal and sluice gate in centre. Surrounding area is covered in bomb craters with occasional vehicle track. The canal, mainly drained and with no vessels visible, runs from top left to bottom right. In the centre is the sluice gate structure. On the reverse 'Dortmund Ems canal, after heavy Lanc [sic] strike, attached by our crew in daylight 24 Feb 1945'.

One b/w photograph

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